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The Great Dying Event Is Still A Mystery For Many Researchers

Known as The Great Dying, a quarter of a billion years ago, thousands of both land and sea species became extinct because of massive death. The tragedy was caused by a series of aggressive volcanic eruptions that even emitted greenhouse…

April 1, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Pink Supermoon In April Will Be The Biggest Full Moon Of The Year

In the night between the 7th and the 8th of April, the Moon will be at its fullest in the so-called Pink Supermoon. It will be the biggest full Moon of the year. But that’s no reason to geta out…

March 31, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

New Chinese Spacecraft Could Dock With The ISS

Chinese experts are hard at work on the development of a new spacecraft that will be tested in the following months, and it appears that it will include new technology that should allow it to dock with the International Space…

March 31, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Airbus Had Successfully Completed Its Part in the CHEOPS Mission

CHEOPS is the acronym for Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite. It has the mission to gather data of the mass, density, composition and the formation of known extrasolar planets. It has 500 separate target pointings and is expected to fulfill its mission…

March 30, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Species of Feathered Raptor Found in New Mexico – 60 Million Years Ago

When dinosaurs had been roaming the surface of Earth until 60 million years ago, there was no human around. But luckily, many ancient fossils were discovered by archeologists, and thus people were able to understand what forms of life existed…

March 30, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Study: Can Bosons Behave Like Fermions?

Researchers from Penn State used a tool to create an array of ultra-cold one-dimensional gases, which are made of atoms. The atoms are bosons, meaning all of their particles can be sorted. Bosons and fermions are quite different. But when…

March 29, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Most Massive Known Explosion Since The Big Bang Has Occurred In The Ophiuchus Supercluster

The word known plays a big role in the sentence. We can only make accurate observations about what happens in the Universe from less than a second ago if were to compare the time we’ve been doing it with the…

March 29, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Baby Planets Cause Gaps In Protoplanetary Disks Around Young Stars

Looking at 18 young stars and their remaining protoplanetary disks, lead author Christophe Pinte of Monash University, Australia, and the University of Grenoble Alpes, found what he believes is evidence that newly formed baby planets cause the gaps in the…

March 29, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

World Premiere: Uranus is Leaking Material into Space

Uranus is by far a pretty peculiar planet of our solar system, contributing to the unicity of the planets that exist in our vicinity. With 27 discovered moons orbiting around it, composed almost only of ice, and having rings similar…

March 28, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Neanderthals were Eating Seafood, According to New Research

How were the ancestors of humans living hundreds of thousands of years ago? What were they eating? How were they mating? How did they find food? How could they protect themselves against wild animals? Were they treating their wounds in…

March 28, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Earth’s Minimoon Is Not Anymore Oribiting Our Planet But Started To Follow It

Asteroid 2020 CD3 was observed orbiting around Planet Earth in February. After a short time of being Earth’s minimoon, it was spotted going back to orbit around the Sun by following our planet. Bill Gray, the inventor of a software…

March 28, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Strange X-ray Signal From Nearby Galaxies Puzzled The Scientists

Since 2014 researchers have been puzzled by a bizarre X-ray signal which appears to come from nearby galaxies. A new study that sought to offer an answer for dilemma hasn’t managed to provide a complete solution, and the mystery will…

March 28, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Feathered Dinosaur Fossils Were Found In New Mexico

A team of paleontologists had found the remains of a feathered dinosaur, which is thought to be among the last raptor dinosaurs before the mass-extinction event took place. The impressive bipedal creature had a whiplash-type tail that facilitated movement at…

March 28, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Uranus Is Leaking Gas Into Space, As Per New Research On Voyager 2 Data

Several decades ago, the Voyager 2 spacecraft explored Uranus, revealing valuable data about the cold gas giant. After 34 years since the achievement took place, a team of researchers has made a discovery based on data that was collected by…

March 27, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

An Ankle Exoskeleton can make us Run Faster

Technology is performing miracles in all areas, making our lives much more comfortable and improved. While hardware manufacturers are constantly finding new ways of making us interact more efficiently with the virtual world, it’s now time for the stakes to…

March 27, 2020 · by Asheley Rice · 0